<wrap lo>​**AWARDS FACTORIES** OWC Studios head Alec Peters lambasted other filmmakers for touting their movies'​ awards but **AxaMonitor**'​s analysis of the 47 awards Peters has boasted about for years shows as many as 42 percent of the "​festivals"​ that conferred honors on //Prelude to Axanar// appeared to be in the business of selling awards. ​ {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[prelude_awards|Read more »]] (Filed 2/​5/​18)</​wrap>​

<wrap lo>​**AWARDS FACTORIES** OWC Studios head Alec Peters lambasted other filmmakers for touting their movies'​ awards but **AxaMonitor**'​s analysis of the 47 awards Peters has boasted about for years shows as many as 42 percent of the "​festivals"​ that conferred honors on //Prelude to Axanar// appeared to be in the business of selling awards. ​ {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[prelude_awards|Read more »]] (Filed 2/​5/​18)</​wrap>​

<wrap lo>​**BIGGEST STORIES** What are AxaMonitor'​s top Axanar stories from 2017? A year after the copyright infringement lawsuit was settled, Axanar was still making news. We count down the past year's Top 10 stories. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[2017_top_10 |Read more »]] (Filed 1/​1/​18)</​wrap>​

<wrap lo>​**PATTERN OF DECEIT?** Bill Hunt (right), co-writer of the never-to-be-produced //Axanar// feature went public with his resignation in November right after its director did, but he actually left the project in July — news Alec Peters kept from donors. It's something Peters did before with actor Tony Todd's departure. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[hunt resigns|Read more »]] (Filed 11/​3/​17)</​wrap>​

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<wrap lo><​wrap em>TWO DOWN</​wrap>​ Director Robert Meyer Burnett has resigned from the Axanar film, bringing to an end another chapter in the beleaguered project, leaving it apparently rudderless. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[burnett_resigns|Read more »]] (Filed 11/​2/​17)</​wrap>​

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<wrap lo>**NEW FAN EDIT** of //Prelude to Axanar// has been released by a pseudonymous editor. The first version was taken down by OWC Studios head Alec Peters, who is completely eliminated from the new edit, which also features new visual ​ and sound effects. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[prelude redux 2|Read more »]] (Filed 11/​3/​17)</​wrap>​

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<wrap lo>​**MERCHANDISE PULLED** Axanar merchandise,​ including the Prelude to Axanar soundtrack and a variety of patches, suddenly went ‘Out of Stock’ after a report the online seller appeared to have doctored a promotional image. The Author, Author! website scrubbed nearly every reference to Axanar from its product catalog. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[soundtrack pulled|Read more »]] (Filed 11/​02/​17)</​wrap> ​

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<wrap lo>​**HUNDREDS ABANDON** Facebook fan groups controlled by OWC Studios head Alec Peters after he posts unsupported and possibly defamatory allegations of stalking and sexual harassment by an Axanar critic. The accusations came a day after **AxaMonitor**'​s story about Axanar merchandise sales. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[defamation_backfire|Read more »]] (Filed 10/​31/​17)</​wrap>​

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<wrap lo>​**ACTOR'​S IMAGE USED TO MOVE MERCH** Star Trek actor Tony Todd, who left //Axanar// citing problems with its financial accountability and repeated production delays, complained about a Dragon*Con fan table selling merchandise using his image that could only have come from Alec Peters. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[todd dragoncon|Read more »]] (Filed 9/​2/​17)</​wrap>​

<wrap lo>​**NONPROFIT NO MORE** Axanar abandons its effort to become a charitable organization,​ and its spokesman admits it could "take years" before supporters ever see the promised two, 15-minute Axanar episodes permitted by the lawsuit settlement. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[nonprofit_abandoned|Read more »]] (Filed 9/​1/​17)</​wrap>​

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<wrap lo>**FAN FILM ACADEMY** CBS grants New Voyages'​ James Cawley a license to operate a training school for people to make Star Trek fan films on his Original Series sets, an unprecedented move that broadens legitimate usage by fans of Star Trek's copyrighted property. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[fanfilm_academy|Read more »]] (Filed 8/​5/​17)</​wrap>​

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<wrap lo>​**CAST A PALL** '​Prelude'​ actors cast doubt on Alec Peters'​ legal threats over blooper reel. And Peters may have lost actor Gary Graham, who reportedly said he now wants to "stay well clear" of Axanar after it threatened the credibility of his career. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[prelude actors bloopers|Read more »]] (Filed 7/​20/​17)</​wrap>​

<wrap lo>​**AXANAR SCRIPT LEAKED** After producer Alec Peters attacked him on Facebook, Axanar'​s former chief technologist retaliated by posting a copy of the script that led to the copyright lawsuit. Then the Internet reacted. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[script release|Read more »]] (Filed 6/​28/​17)</​wrap>​

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<wrap lo><​wrap em>​CORRECTION</​wrap>​ AxaMonitor corrects its report on the location of Axanar'​s new headquarters,​ as CEO Alec Peters prepared to leave the unused California studio into which he had poured three-quarters of a million dollars of fans' money. **ALSO**: An [[correction_editorial|editorial]] about being fooled by Peters'​ falsehoods. {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[new studio|Read more »]] (Filed 4/​26/​17)</​wrap>​

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<wrap lo>​**PULLING UP STAKES** Axanar CEO Alec Peters announces he's moving operations to a new "​studio"​ near Atlanta, his former base of operations. Also, what does the move portend for its nonprofit goals and effort to secure a federal tax exemption? {{:​axamonitor-ico.gif?​nolink|}} [[atlanta move|Read more »]] (Filed 4/​18/​17)</​wrap></​WRAP>​